Rally Software, a Boulder-based provider of Agile software development services, acquired a Finnish firm that created a social collaboration technology for developers, company officials announced Wednesday

Flowdock's technology integrates activity from a team's project with a real-time chat functionality.

The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

“Collaboration is fundamental to Agile software development; Flowdock represents a powerful way for teams to collaborate on projects directly from their usual workflow,” Tim Miller, Rally's chief executive officer, said in a statement. “Flowdock introduces an innovative way for teams to chat so users can stay in context and in flow.”

As a result of the acquisition, the founders of Flowdock will remain with Rally and join the Boulder firm's first international research and development facility, which will be based in Helsinki, Finland, officials said.

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